Story Behind The Song
Loosely based on personal experience of a mediterranean summer holiday initially spolit by possibly the worst hotel in the world at the time....
Song Description
A very peaceful / tranquil melody with a classical / hymn-like feel set against a lyric based on the imagined perfect vacation being at odds with the realities of commercialised mass tourism.
| Song Length |
4:19 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Classical - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Relaxed |
Subject |
Ocean, Sea, See, Vision, Eyes |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
The blue sparkling sea
Looked all that it was meant to be
Glistening in the brochure
Brought to life by the TV
Full of eastern promise
That far off Holy land
The mysteries of the Orient
The boy waving from the sand
And now just a week to go
Moving closer all the time
Amidst the chaos still the dream of
The blue sparkling sea
But the blue sparkling sea
Wasn't all it was meant to be
An air of disappointment
And the disappointing air
Full of estern dollars
That far off Holy land
The mysteries of the Orient
Lying trampled in the sand
But the marketeers have earned their fee
Targets reached for another year
And still they come with dreams intact
Of the blue sparkling sea